Powder-box top.



No. 888,733. PATENTE) MAY 26, 1908.

W. H. PERKINS.

POWDER BOX TOP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.11, 1007.

.La-Mw i was UNITED' STATES OFFICE.- WALTER'H PERKiNs, or WATERBURY,couNEc'rIou'rQ' AssIGivo-a 'To jrHE WATERBURY MFG. CO., OF WATEltliUlY, A GORPQRATIQN owveeeeirea 'y No. 883,733. I speeiacaaonpfneteem retenu@ Patented may 2e, roos.

Appuan mea November n, 1967. aan; Nt. 401,726.

To all whom 'it may concern: neck; Pivoted to the top 4 near the outer Be it known that I, WALTER H. PERKINS, edge thereof is a cover 7 corresponding sub- .a citizen 4of the United States, residing at stantially'in diameter to the diameter ofthe 40 Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and top f1 and lhaving a downwardly rojecting State of Connecticut, have invented a new finger 8 which engages with the s oulderand useful Im rovement in Powder Box whenI the cover is swung over the top. Tops; and I do ereby declare the following, In'the center of the 'cover is a recess 9 in when taken in connection with the accomwhich is placed a packing. 10 of pa eryfelt or 45 panYillg drawings and the letters ofreference Hotbar-suitable material, which Wil closely t 10 1nar`ked thereon, to be a. full, clear, and exact upon the uplper surface of the -top 4 'and soV description of the saine, and which said as t'o comp etelyclose the perforations 5.

drawings constitute part of this speciiication,v This "cover is readily' swung to one side as. A and represent, inshown in Fig. 3935ithe drawings when it is 50 Figure 1 a side view of the upper portion of desired to vuse the contents of the. box, 15 a powder box constructed in accordance with 'when' the cover is closed air is excluded fromv my invention, the cover-shownin closed othe contents of th'ebox. sition. Fig.'2 a side view of the same. ig. The cover; h'ke the cap, is readil struck 3 4a top or plan view of the same with the up from sheet metal and consequent y a. box 55 Geyer shown in open position. Fig. 4 atranswith its cover may be produced ata very' low 20 erse sectional view on an enlarged-scale. cost forlmanufacture.

This invention relates to an improvement I claim l i lin powder box tops, thatv is, boxes for y'toilet A powder b ox comprising a neck, 'an'intef 4powder, and particularly to boxes which gral perforated top and formed with-anan-'fn ave a'perforat'ed top through which the connular shoulder around the'upp'erfed 'of the, 25 tents may besifted, the object of the invenneck, a cover pivoted to the to' an -formedj j 'tion beingga simple arrangement whereby the with a downwardly projectingiigeradapted- Y box is readily pened'and tightly closed; and toengage with the said s ou derLB'aid cve'r', 4the' invention cofisystin'the construction also formed with a central recess and a piece. '35' -hereinafterdescribedand particularly recited of acking material located theren. 'f-

'3Q hael'aim. -1 n testimony whereof, I havev signedthis -fhe' 'box .2 may'he'oany approved design 'pacification in the presence -of two subscri a neck and an integral top 4, this ing witnesses.

i OP vlfwmf' pl'forations 5 more or less 1n f. "rum, the up'p'er part of the box, neck 3- WALTER H. PEnKiNs,

iff-jmd 60 ibeing drawn from a Single Piece 0f Witnesses f g .metaliand preferably an annular shoulder 6. l E H MAR-SHI L,

vv iiigllbe@'rnie'd around the upper edge of the H. T. SPEnnY. 

